windows-authentication

I am working on an MVC 4 intranet application and am using Windows authentication. I would like to add to the user object that the authentication method uses (@User) and get that data from active directory (such as email, phone number, etc). I know I can create a custom Authorize attribute and add it to the controller that all of my other controllers inherit from, but I don't know if this is the right method to do what I want. My end goal is simple, I want @User object to have additional properties that are populated via Active Directory. Thanks for any help you can offer. I was just about to

How do I connect MS SQL Server using Windows Authentication, with the pyodbc library? I can connect via MS Access and SQL Server Management Studio, but cannot get a working connection ODBC string for Python. Here's what I've tried (also without 'Trusted_Connection=yes' ): pyodbc.connect('Trusted_Connection=yes', driver='{SQL Server}', server='[system_name]', database='[databasename]') pyodbc.connect('Trusted_Connection=yes', uid='me', driver='{SQL Server}', server='localhost', database='[databasename]') pyodbc.connect('Trusted_Connection=yes', driver='{SQL Server}', server='localhost', uid='me

I am trying to implement windows authentication in my ASP.NET MVC2 application. I've followed all the steps suggested by the official documentation: <authentication mode="Windows" /> <authorization> <deny users="?" /> </authorization> I've specified NTLM Authentication. So far so good. Everything works fine. I would like to check the users logged-in against my database. I would like to fetch roles from my table and then manage the authorization using a custom attribute. I don't want to use membership and roles provider. I'already have my tables Users/Roles in place cause they've been used for

I am working on an C# and ASP.Net application, that uses Windows Authentication. i.e. in Web.config: <system.web> <authentication mode="Windows" /> </system.web> I want to get details for the current user (full name, email address, etc) from Active Directory. I can get their pre Windows 2000 user login name (eg: SOMEDOMAIN\someuser ) by using string username = HttpContext.Current.Request.ServerVariables["AUTH_USER"]; I've worked out the LDAP query for the user, using their current login name (not their pre Windows 2000 user login name): DirectorySearcher adSearch = new DirectorySearcher( "

I am trying to make a request to a web page using WebRequest class in .net. The url that I am trying to read requires Windows Authentication due to which I get an unauthorised exception. How can I pass a windows credentials to this request so that it can authenticate. HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create( "http://myapp/home.aspx" ); request.Method = "GET"; request.UseDefaultCredentials = false; request.PreAuthenticate = true; request.Credentials = new NetworkCredential( "username", "password", "domain" ); HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse